Explore all the options.|Our first advice is to follow all the links and explore all the resources that are built into each week's guide. Use the helps and suggestions along the way. This retreat is designed to be made ...

Pausing to Review the Graces We Have Received|Guide: The Graces Take Us Deeper|We pause again to let the graces we have received penetrate our hearts more deeply. We are making this retreat in the midst of our everyday ...

The Temptations in the Desert|Guide: Testing|There is no greater self-revelation than to let one's temptations show. In this week's contemplation, Jesus shows us what he wrestled with. In our growing desire to know him, ...

Two Ways of Desiring|Guide: What Do We Want?|We have begun to contemplate the life of Jesus. We have seen how, from the very beginning, his life was shaped by profound trust in God, surrender to God's plan, and the acceptance ...

Jesus Confronts Religious Leaders|Guide: Tension and Hypocrisy|Over the past eleven weeks we have contemplated the life of Jesus. He has shown himself to us in the context of our examining his mission and our own way of ...

Three Kinds of Responses|Guide: Motives|Before returning to the life of Jesus, we will take one more week to lay further foundation for our upcoming reflections. We know we will be drawn more deeply into our relationship ...

Journey from Nazareth to the River Jordan Baptism|Guide: Jesus' Journey into His Mission|We now return to contemplating the life of Jesus. We reflect on the two ways of desiring and three types of responses we have prepared ...

Jesus Shares His Message|Guide: Let the Word Penetrate|This week we seek to know Jesus more intimately by entering into the depth of his words. Lovers listen. Lovers devour the words of the other. This week we want to come ...

Jesus Calls Others to Join Him|Guide: Being Drawn to Him|As Jesus reveals his story to us, we can't help becoming drawn to him. This week, we have the privilege of contemplating Jesus as the one who calls companions to ...

Jesus Heals|Guide: Coming to Know the Healer|As we continue to grow in our desire to know Jesus more intimately, we come to a week of reflection on Jesus the healer. This week's prayer brings us to see several important ...